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work, time and money expended. A 

 word to the "slackers": Wake up! Take 

 hold ! Apply yourself, get down to real 

 work and do not wait until the too pre- 

 cious time has been wasted. 



J.H. 



" What's the Matter with Jersey ?" 



For several years this question has 

 been often heard when pharmaceutical 

 matters were the topic of discussion. It 

 was well known that many regarded 

 New Jersey as the "dumping ground" 

 for those who, not having the necessary 

 preliminary education, were debarred 

 from examination for license in New 

 York, Pennsylvania and several other 

 states. 



The requirements in New Jersey, as 

 viewed by the members of the State 

 Board of Pharmacy, were that a certain 

 number of years must have been spent 

 in a retail pharmacy before a candidate 

 was admitted for the examination. 



This state of afifairs placed the State 

 in a bad light and seemed to show a lack 

 of progressiveness. Many members of 

 The New Jersey Pharmaceutical Associa- 

 tion, very much dissatisfied with existing 

 conditions, have been fighting for some- 

 thing better. It seems strange that New 

 Jersey, which was a leader when the 

 Pharmacy Act of 1895 was placed upon 

 the books — that law at that time being 

 considered as one of the best of its kind 

 — failed to progress. 



The fight for better conditions — it has 

 been a long and hard one — has been 

 successful. The spirit of progressive- 

 ness exhibited by the members of the 

 present "Board" augurs well for the 

 future of pharmacy in New Jersey. 



Although hindered somewhat by the 

 failure of passage of the desired new 

 pharmacy act at the last session of the 

 lawmakers, they have gone ahead and 

 are trying to do the best they can with 

 the tools at their command. 



The New Jersey State Board of Phar- 

 macy has become afifiliated with the N. A. 

 B. P. and this will undoubtedly be of 

 great benefit. 



To prevent as miuch as possible the 

 falsification of "required practical ex- 

 perience" it has been ruled by the Board 

 that any candidate from outside of the 

 State must have such statement certified 

 to by the Secretary of the Board of 

 Pharmacy of his native State. This will 

 keep out many undesirables. 



And last, but by far the most import- 

 ant, the Board, in adopting the following 

 rule, has taken a step that will do much 

 to again place Jersey pharmacists in good 

 standing. 



Resolution Adopted Oct. 19, 1916, by "Board 



of Pharmacy of the State 



of New Jersey." 



Whereas, the "Board of Pharmacy" is 

 directed by Section 3 of the Pharmacy law 

 to examine candidates for registration in 

 the subjects of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, 

 Chemistry, and Toxicology and to grant 

 certificates to such persons as it may judge, 

 upon the basis of said examinations, to be 

 properly qualified to practice Pharmacy, and 



Whereas, it has been found by the 

 "Board" that candidates who have not had 

 instruction in a School of Pharmacy upon 

 these subjects and sciences, fail to pass 

 satisfactory examinations in said subjects 

 and therefore cannot be considered to be 

 properly qualified, and 



Whereas, the "Board" is empowered by 

 the aforementioned Act to make bj'^-laws 

 and rules for the proper fulfillment of its 

 duties, therefore 



